The office Christmas party is a crazy phenomenon. There’s often free booze, exciting entertainment and the chance to get something for nothing after a hard years work, so it comes as no surprise to know that all sorts of things can go wrong. The overriding problem seems to be that we forget that, to all […]

After years at home, Joyce Foyle, aged 52, wanted to return to work following the death of her husband. Joyce saw a job advertised in a supermarket, so she decided to apply. Her subsequent experience of sexual harassment in the workplace has been used to create a case study. Follow her experiences, and how the […]

Poppy Castle had a secure job and what she thought was a happy home life. Her husband then suddenly divorced her and moved to Australia, leaving Poppy with a young child and a house with a large mortgage. Our case study is a great example of how stress at work can affect a career. Poppy’s […]